Advancing American art
Subtitle: painting, politics, and cultural confrontation at mid-century
By: Taylor D. Littleton and Maltby Sykes ; with an introduction by Leon F. Litwack.
Contributors: Sykes, Maltby.; Auburn University.; United States. Dept. of State.
Publisher: University of Alabama Press
Published: 1989
Place of publication: Tuscaloosa
Language: eng
Number of pages: 159
Subjects: Painting, American -- 20th century -- Exhibitions -- History.; Avant-garde (Aesthetics) -- United States -- History -- 20th century.; Art and state -- United States.; Art -- Political aspects -- United States.
Notes: Bibliography: p. 144-153.
Includes reproductions of the paintings purchased by Auburn University from the State Department's "Advancing American Art" exhibit which was collected in 1946 to be shown in Europe and South America.
Includes index.